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Game Masters Appretince:: Guards

Started by Serious Paul, September 24, 2007, 04:21:11 PM

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September 24, 2007, 04:21:11 PM
Table of Contents
New NPC Class: The Guardsman
Constructing Paper Miniatures
Paper Miniatures
Preparing the Character Cards
Blank Cards
Completed Character Cards
Tokens and Markers
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Legalese

I'm not that guy who's played Dungeons and Dragons since he was a little kid. I don't own all of the books, and in fact until last fall I hadn't even played D&D since I was a kid. (Shadowrun was my choice of game for the longest time.)

I'm also not a miniatures gamer-not through any design, or because of any like or dislike. We just started playing like I said, and our game hasn't reached that point.

When I got my copy of the Guardsmen set for the 2-D Heroes line I'd never heard of them, or considered the idea of paper cut out miniatures. But the PDF is well organized, and easy to read. It includes a section on the Guard, Constructing Paper Miniatures, and several pre-generated, ready to cut out miniatures!

The real bread and butter is the section on creating a generic "guard" for any campiagn setting. It's not overly long, but it covers the basics. The only real question I had was why is it they felt the need to make "Guardsmen" proficient with all Simple and Martial Weapons, as well all types of armor-but of course the answer is so that they'll be able to stop the PC's!

A good game master can easily modify this stock, and the stock characters included, for any campaign, at any level. (And luckily the inclusion of of pre-generated "guards" up to level 10, of various races, skills and classes.)

Instructions on how to organize, set up and use the miniatures are presented in a clear, concise and helpful fashion. I've never made paper miniatures like this before, but I am sure I could easily do so after reading this brief, and comprehensive primer.

The majority of this book is made up of pre-generated NPC's ranging from first to tenth level, that when printed out and properly utilized could save me a lot of time in my games!

All in all I'd rate this product as useful, easy to read and use. From a technical standpoint the PDF is easy for even a technologically challenged monkey like me, the art is of average but decent enough quality, and the product is easy to read.
 
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